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Readers who appreciate Orwell's work will also likely appreciate Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler. The latter's novel inspired Orwell on how to highlight dy
by zogrodea 3y ago
Readers who appreciate Orwell's work will also likely appreciate Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler.
The latter's novel inspired Orwell on how to highlight dystopian ideas, and convinced Orwell that fiction is the medium best suited for this. It's a good read (and so is his research-oriented book "The Sleepwalkers" giving a history of physics/cosmology up to modern science - modern in Koestler's time).
- nonrandomstring 3y agoNice. Will check out Koestler. On this idea that fiction is the most powerful medium for approaching ideas around the authoritarian/dystopian mind-set, I some time ago discovered the corollary that literature like Shelley, Forster, Wells.. is the perfect entry point into cybersecurity for non-technical people. Most of the subtleties of hacks, scams, power grabs, manipulations, come alive through literary idioms.